National Arts Centre Foundation/fondation Centre National des Arts
Public foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 862225927RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,777,171) as filed with the CRA.
National Arts Centre Foundation/fondation Centre National des Arts is a public foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $10M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 39 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.5M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $6.7M in 2024, the largest being $6.7M to National Arts Centre Corporation/societe du Centre National des Arts. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
The objects of the national arts centre foundation are to receive or maintain a fund or funds and transfer from time to time all or part thereof or the income therefrom to the national arts centre corporation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10M | $2.8M | $545K | $1.5M | — | $20.3M |
| 2023 | $14.2M | $2.7M | — | $2.6M | — | $19.9M |
| 2022 | $11M | $2.5M | — | $2.3M | — | $15.8M |
| 2021 | $8.1M | $1.9M | — | $1.8M | — | $12.5M |
| 2020 | $11.2M | $12M | — | $2.1M | $9.8M | $14.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6.7M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $3.5M from 39 charities:
- Earle and Janice O'Born Family Foundation$1M
- The Azrieli Foundation$670K
- The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundation$350K
- Trinity Development Foundation$250K
- Toronto Foundation$200K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$178K
- Hewitt Foundation$150K
- The Clematis Foundation$125K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$115K
- The Alan & Roula Rossy Family Foundation$100K
- Bay Tree Foundation$50K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$32K
- The Keg Spirit Foundation$30K
- Friends of the National Arts Centre Orchestra/les Amis de l'Orchestre du Centre National des Arts$26K
- Lily Street Foundation$25K
- Craig Foundation$25K
- Turnbull Family Community Building Foundation$20K
- Wesley M Nicol Foundation$16K
- The Anthony and Gladys Tyler Charitable Foundation$12K
- Aqueduct Foundation$11K
- Danbe Foundation Inc.$10K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$10K
- J & L Rogers Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- The William and Jean Teron Foundation$10K
- River Philip Foundation$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sharon Azrieli (director); Marco Chiarot (director); Carol Devenny (director); Sean ST John (director); Marjolaine Hudon (director); John McCaig (director); Diane McCurdy (director); Julie L'Heureux (director); Liza Mrak (director); Susan Glass (chair); Susan Peterson d'Aquino (director); Alan Rossy (director); Gregory Sanders (director); Robert Tennant (director); Anisha Virani (director); Diane Obam (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from National Arts Centre Foundation/fondation Centre National des Arts’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862225927RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.